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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:285326 Rice DP, et al., Apoptosis in murine calvarial bone and suture development. Eur J Oral Sci. 1999 Aug;107(4):265-75
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6393937
Gene symbol: Bmp4
Gene name: bone morphogenetic protein 4
Probe: Bmp4 cDNA25
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with S35 RNA
Results
Specimen 5G: embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: frontal bone Present 5G Expression is stronger at the osteogenic front.
TS25: lambdoid suture Present 5G Expression is stronger at the osteogenic front.
TS25: parietal bone Present 5G Expression is stronger at the osteogenic front.
TS25: sagittal suture Present 5G Expression is stronger at the osteogenic front.
TS25: suture Weak Regionally restricted 5G Expression is in the midsutural mesenchyme.
TS25: brain dura mater Present 5G
TS25: coronal suture Present 5G
Specimen 5H: embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: parietal bone Present Regionally restricted 5H Expression is at the osteogenic front.
TS25: posterior fontanelle Present Regionally restricted 5H Expression is in the mesenchyme.
TS25: lambdoid suture Present 5H
Specimen not shown: embryonic day 15.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS23: vault of skull Strong Regionally restricted Expression is in the osteogenic fronts of the coronal, sagittal and lambdoid sutures and also in the dura and weaker in the midsutural mesenchyme.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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